In 2015, Jill became a licensed certified professional midwife (CPM) — though practice privileges of CPMs vary by state Before being rushed to the hospital for an emergency C-section after discovering ...

A midwife was stunned to discover she is training a new student nurse who she delivered at the hospital where they now work 20 years ago. Tracy Jones has delivered hundreds of babies over the last ...

York St John University has just become the first UK higher ...

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The room was buzzing at the women’s health simulation lab at California State University, Fullerton. That’s because on this day, everyone got their own anatomic model of a pelvis and a baby head.

All midwives deliver babies, but not all midwives are the same -- which has caused a heated debate in Illinois over their licensing, regulation, and what they call themselves. ``It's a very ...

When Ariela Schnyer was choosing where to get trained as a nurse-midwife, California stood out for an important reason: The state would allow clinicians like her to provide abortions. But three years ...

Midwifery care can improve health outcomes and lower costs. But this solution to the critical problems in our maternal healthcare system is thwarted by a lack of training opportunities for student ...

Legislation passed in 2017 in South Dakota opened the door to licensing of a new classification of “professional midwives,” who can become certified to perform home births with far less training and ...

A UNICEF-supported midwife training program empowers health workers with practical skills and information to keep mothers and babies alive. At a UNICEF-supported midwife training program in Dhamar ...